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Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.81
€ 19.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557507846
- ISBN
- 9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.86
€ 33.99
€ 31.86
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; BGH; BGX; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641102
- ISBN
- 9780691641102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.32
€ 170.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BTC; HBJK; WSJM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Strategic Media Books United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939521224
- ISBN
- 9781939521224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
paperback. The author does not divine a purpose in the accidental opportunities he has encountered. Rather he accepts the mystery of their almost haphazardness and stresses the importance of seizing the opportunities that the opening doors present. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Brunswick Books Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552662366
- ISBN
- 9781552662366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.30
€ 26.99
€ 23.30
Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways. This work tells the story of a couple who reinvented dance and its place in twentieth-century culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASDT; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124599
- ISBN
- 9780813124599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.74
€ 34.74
Hardback. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0259027
- ISBN
- 9780804612128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0260064
- ISBN
- 9780007479146
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A number of nefarious characters have passed through Maine on their way to infamy, including the pirates Dixie Bull and Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and gangster Al Brady. The scoundrels assembled in this book, however, are either Maine natives or notorious individuals whose mischief, misdeeds, or mayhem were perpetrated in the Pine Tree State. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608932863
- ISBN
- 9781608932863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
paperback. "Gripping, intense.. Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]."-Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393345414
- ISBN
- 9780393345414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.00
€ 17.99
€ 15.00
Num Pages: 300 pages, over 300 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGHA; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764318795
- ISBN
- 9780764318795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.17€ 53.37
€ 75.17
€ 53.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933880334
- ISBN
- 9781933880334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.02
€ 21.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Describes the author's three-week trip on an Orkney trawler as it journeys far into the north Atlantic in search of its catch. Combining humour with erudition, this title provides an account of this journey. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140276688
- ISBN
- 9780140276688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Reeve, N. H. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113733
- ISBN
- 9781854113733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardcover. The first complete Who's Who in the history of the world's best-known financial street Charles D. Ellis and James R. Vertin have crafted a window on Wall Street that investors won't want to miss. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471238096
- ISBN
- 9780471238096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.54€ 57.30
€ 67.54
€ 57.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812983845
- ISBN
- 9780812983845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674088191
- ISBN
- 9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044046
- ISBN
- 9780268044046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon. Editor(s): Sears, Stephen W. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410300
- ISBN
- 9780815410300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.08
€ 31.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422335
- ISBN
- 9780821422335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. The outrageous true story of the French plot to supply arms and ammunition to Washington's Continental Army, and the bold French spy, inventor, playwright, and rogue behind it all Num Pages: 260 pages, 38 illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGHA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659259
- ISBN
- 9781584659259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Familius LLC
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942934493
- ISBN
- 9781942934493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.96
€ 20.99
€ 18.96
Hardcover. With eccentric characters (including her father, "The Wee Wild One") and rich stories, Schwertfeger has painted a fresh picture of Northern Ireland as she lived it and as it remains today as a touchstone for all who have roots in this storied country. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains fine
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027004
- ISBN
- 9780299198800
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Series: Collins Business Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; HBT; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060845797
- ISBN
- 9780060845797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.30
€ 18.99
€ 17.30